Senior officials from the National Investigation Agency told The Economic Times there is a possibility that two of the four terrorists killed during the Pathankot attacks could have been insiders. Reports due at the end of the week, including call logs from phones retrieved at the site, and an investigation into personnel at the base, will help tracking down whom the insiders could have been.

NIA officials said the fact that only four AK-47s were recovered from the site and that only four terrorists crossed into Punjab supports this idea. Besides the four Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists, officials are looking into all personnel at the air force base and at locals in attempts to identify the remaining two terrorists. Around 3,500 people were present at the base during the attack.

Government statements have also mentioned only four terrorists who crossed the border, despite there having been six who were killed. The NIA established that only four who crossed into Punjab on January 1, and have interrogated Punjab Superintendent of Police Salwinder Singh, who said he was abducted by the terrorists while they were entering the base.